About a week and a half ago, a new state budget was proposed and under it’s terms, 48 (almost 20%) of California’s state parks would close, including these beautiful Bay Area parks

• Tomales Bay State Park
• Portola Redwoods State Park
• Henry W. Coe State Park
• Candlestick Point SRA
• Del Norte Coast Redwoods State Park

The whole list is over here. You can petition against these closures through the California State Parks Foundation website which will help you send a letter to your local Assembly Member and Senator if you give them your name and address. There’s a prewritten message you can use or you can write one of your own.

I’d be really sad to see these parks close and hope you’ll send a letter! If you don’t want to disclose your critical info on a website and you live in Bernal, you can also fax a letter to Senator Carole Migden (916) 445-4722 and contact Assembly member Mark Leno.

(the photo above is from this gallery of panoramas of Portola Redwoods SP )

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